It would perhaps be fair to say that Newcastle United are yet to really get going this season. In many ways, that is a positive. Newcastle, somehow or another, are unbeaten in the Premier League this season and are through to the third round of the Carabao Cup. To have managed that after a difficult summer window so bad it was slammed by club legend Alan Shearer and without playing particularly well speaks to the character in Eddie Howe’s squad. Still, at some point, performances will undoubtedly need to improve. The Premier League is simply too ruthless to keep allowing a team to only just sc…